1200 - 1750 flashcards

(960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military.

Song

(1279-1368 CE) The dynasty with Mongol; Foreign Dynasty, Kublai Khan (Key Leader), Tried to Invade Japan but saved by Kamizaze (Divine) winds, Yurts, Pragmatic, Used Persian Administrators

Yuan

(1368-1644 CE) This dynasty brought emperor yongle who hated Mongols and rebuilt the Forbidden City. Also the time of Zheng He who went on 7 expeditions, and after finally closing their borders and finishing the Great Wall of China, they get majorly left behind.

Ming

751 - 1258 Golden Age of Islam

Abbasid Caliphate

1200 - 1919

Ottomans

(661-750 CE) The Islamic caliphate that established a capital at Damascus, conquered North Africa, the Iberian Pennisula, Southwest Asia, and Persia, and had a bureaucracy with only Arab Muslims able to be a part of it.

Ummayad

1258

Mongols Sack Bagdhad

(1090 - 1200 CE) Holy Wars in which christians attempted to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslims

Crusades

1200-1450 CE Largest Land trade route; covered most of Eurasia and allowed for transport of goods, culture, language, etc.

Silk Road

(1458 - 1533 CE) South American Empire, Utilized Road systems and fell to European explorer Pizarro

Inca

1200 - 1450

High Middle Ages

1347

Plague in Europe

1450-1750

Renaissance

476

Fall of Rome

1200s

Marco Polo

1418 CE

Prince Henry build Navigation School

1497

Vasco Da Gama hits west coast of India

1494

Treaty of Tordesillas, line drawn by Pope Alexander II

1517 - 1648

Protestant Reformation

1368 - 1644

Ming Empire

1603 - 1867

Tokugawa Shogunate

1644 - 1911

Qing Dynasty

1526 - 1857

Mughal Empire

1501 - 1722

Safavid Empire

1480s - 1600s

Age of Exploration

1571

Battle of Lepanto

Camels

Trans - Saharan Trade

Gao

Capital of Songhai; Trans - Saharan Trade

Gold, Ivory, Slaves

Trans - Saharan Trade

Spices, textiles, porcelain, tea, silk

Indian Ocean Trade

Calicut

A city of southwest India on the Malabar Coast where Vasco da Gama's landed; Indian Ocean Trade

1701-1721

The Great Northern War between Sweden & Russia over a warm water port

1571 CE

Battle of Lepanto

1572

Inca Empire Falls

1521 CE

Aztec Empire Falls

1683 CE

Ottomans take control of Vienna; height of ottoman rule

McCartney tries to establish reciprocal trade w/ Qing

1610s

Missionaries arrive in Tokugawa Shogunate

1688

Glorious Revolution in England; English is turned into a limited monarchy

1206

Ghengis Khan starts uniting mongols

1215

Magna Carta in England, 1st document where nobles try to restrict kings power

1258

Abbasid are sacked (Baghdad) by mongols

1279 to 1368

Yuan Dynasty

Late 1400s early 1500s

Russian Princes are able to defeat the Mongols

Late 1600s early 1700s

Peter the Great starts westernization & modernization

Table of Ranks

someone in every noble family needs to be in the army or work in the government

Late 1700s

Catherine the Great: continues modernization of Russia, Gained a ton of territory by claiming Ottoman land, was going to free the serfs but didn't b/c of the rebellion, Had her own table of Ranks= Charter of nobility

Charter of Nobility

Catherine the Greats version of the Table of Ranks

Kongo

King Afonso established an alliance with the Portuguese

Mansa Musa

1300s, Mali Empire

1347

Black death arrives in Italy

1517

95 theses Martin Luther

1555

Peace of Augsburg; Holy roman emporer allows Lutheranism & Catholocism in holy roman empire

1600/1603

Year Tokugawa Shogunate was Established

1610s

Edicts of Seclusion by Tokugawa Shogunate

1618 to 1648

30 yrs war is last religious war in europe

1600

the British East India company is founded & is given trade monopoly

1500s to 1800s

Trans Atlantic Slave trade

Basphorous & Dardanelles

The straights Constitinople lies on

Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire

Francisco Pizarro

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs

Cortez

1487

Portugal Sponsors Bart Diaz & He finds the Cape of Good hope

1453

Ottomans conquer Constantinople

1492

Columbus discovers america

1750

Industrial Revolution Begins, fall of gunpowder empires cuz theyre losers who think theyre cool (ethnocentric) and they dont want to lose their religious. identity

Caravanserai

Rest stops along trade routes providing shelter and amenities for merchants; Trans - Saharan Trade

Caravans

technology allowing Groups of people traveling together for safety over long distances; Trans - Saharan Trade

Timbuktu

City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali became a major major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning.

Islam

Religions spread through Trans - Saharan Trade

Jenne

Great mosque made of mud built here; major center for iron-working and trade; center for Islamic learning and scholarship; Trans - Saharan Trade

Saddles/Stirrups

allowed soldiers to fight on horseback ; Trans - Saharan Trade

Lateen Sail

triangular sail that made it possible to sail against the wind; used in the Indian Ocean trade

Sternpost Rudder

made by Han, gives sailboats ability to turn without a paddle; Indian Ocean Trade

Magnetic Compass

Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north; Indian Ocean Trade

Astrolabe

instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars; Indian Ocean Trade

Melacca

An South East Asian Islamic city state that grew wealthy due to taxing trade in the Indian Ocean

Islam, Buddhism, hinduism

Religion Spread Along Indian Ocean

Zheng He

Chinese admiral during the Ming Dynasty, he led great voyages In the Indian Ocean, NOT EXPLORER OR MERCHANT

Spice Islands

Modern day Malaysia and Indonesia, known for its spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom; Indian Ocean

Swahili City States

dominated trade along the east African coast Mumbasa, Zanzibar; Mogadishu

Swahili Coast

East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning 'shores.'

Monsoon Winds

The seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia

Diasporic Communities

merchant communities that introduced their own cultures into other areas; Indian Ocean

1607

Settlers arrive in Jamestown

City-States in the Golden Horde

Kiev, navgarad, muscovy

Ivan the Terrible

1st of the Mongol Princes to bid Mongols farewell

Boyars

Russian Nobles Peter the Great controls through: Beard tax, Table of Ranks, Must live in St. Petersburg

canton

the port the Qing would limit the Europeans too

Hacienda System

the system the Europens used forcing Native Americans to work on farms

Pugachev's Rebellion

Serf rebellion in Russia

1487

Diaz gets to the Cape of good hope

Boers/Afrikaaners

Dutch People who settled in the Cape of Good Hope

Queen Nzinga

Held off the Portuguese for 30 yrs & kept her ppl decently safe; Angola: kingdom of ndongo

1492

Reconquista and christoper sails the ocean blue

Postosi & Zacatecas

SIlver mines in the Americas